Tag Archives: permissions

Symptom: When attempting to add media to a WordPress post, the image is rejected and the following error message appears: Cause: The WordPress uploads directory (typically located at /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads) on the web server does not have write permission enabled and/or the web user (likely www-data) is not a member of the group which the uploads… Read More »

Symptom: Clicking on the Firefox icon causes the mouse pointer to spin, but the application will not load. Cause: Hidden .gnome2 directory in the home directory is owned by root, so Firefox cannot write to it. Solution: Change the ownership of all files in the home directory to the active user sudo chown -R user:user… Read More »